Patriot Viper VPN100 M2 NVMe 512 GB SSD Review

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Specifications and features

Specifications and features

The sample that has arrived for testing is a 512GB version of the drive. The series, as stated, will be fitted with TLC (Triple-level cell) NAND flash memory from Toshiba. This allows Patriot to offer a bigger storage capacity at a lower price point. The buffer (DRAM cache) is 512-1024 MB depending on the capacity of the drive (and it’s the smaller option for the 512GB version). The Toshiba NAND ICs are driven by a Phison 5012-E12 controller. The PS5012-E12 uses the latest NVMe protocol (revision 1.3), and as you might have noticed in the specifications, this controller is advertised to have very fast sequential read times, at ~3450 MB/s, and ~3000 MB/s sequential write times (depending on volume size) across four PCIe lanes, or over an x4 PCIe Gen 3 lane connection, that is. The controller can address 8 channels, and 4K IOPS is even advertised at 600k.


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It can also handle up to 8 TB of storage, as well as offering support for external Thunderbolt 3 SSDs. The PS5012-E12 is available in three versions: the 'regular' PS5012-E12 for high-end SSDs, the PS5012-E12C for mid-range devices, and the PS5012-E12DC for the enterprise market.

Product Features (512 GB version):

  • Phison E12 Controller
  • 2280 M.2 PCIe Gen3 x 4, NVMe 1.3
  • DRAM Cache: 512MB
  • External Thermal sensor
  • Heatshield design
  • Extreme high performance
  • Operating Temperature - 0° ~ 70°C
  • TBW: 800TB
  • 4K Aligned Random Read: up to 700K IOPs
  • 4K Aligned Random Write: up to 480K IOPs
  • Sequential Read (ATTO): up to 3,300MB/s
  • Sequential Write (ATTO): up to 2,200MB/S
  • Sequential Read (CDM): up to 3,300MB/s
  • Sequential Write (CDM): up to 2,200MB/s
  • O/S Supported: Windows® 7*/8.0*/8.1/10

General specifications:

Series

VPN100

VPN100

VPN100

VPN100

Model

VPN100-256GM28H

VPN100-512GM28H

VPN100-1TBM28H

VPN100-2TBM28H

Physical Capacity

256GB

512GB

1TB

2TB

Format Capacity (7% OP)

238GB

476GB

953GB

1.86TB

DRAM Cache

512MB

512MB

1GB

1GB

Max SEQ Read(ATTO)

3000MB/s

3300MB/s

3,450MB/s

3300MB/s

Max SEQ Write(ATTO)

1000MB/s

2200MB/s

3000MB/s

3100MB/s

Max 4K Read(IOPS)

230K

300K

600K

500K

Max 4K Write(IOPS)

100K

200K

600K

500K

TBW

380TB

800TB

1665TB

3115TB

Operating Temperature

0-70°C

0-70°C

0-70°C

0-70°C

Weight

25g

25g

25g

25g


MTBF is 2.000.000 hours (which is a useless value). The warranty is for 3 years (so nothing extraordinary here).

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